From 5e34d551a5fe737e125b49ad26ebf8058b119c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viren070 <viren070@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:47:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: increase timeout on tmdb validation and improve error
 messages

---
 packages/core/src/metadata/tmdb.ts | 4 ++--
 packages/core/src/utils/config.ts  | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/metadata/tmdb.ts b/packages/core/src/metadata/tmdb.ts
index 6c954828..ba1768e6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/metadata/tmdb.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/metadata/tmdb.ts
@@ -438,12 +438,12 @@ export class TMDBMetadata {
     const url = new URL(API_BASE_URL + '/authentication');
     this.addSearchParams(url);
     const validationResponse = await makeRequest(url.toString(), {
-      timeout: 2000,
+      timeout: 3500,
       headers: this.getHeaders(),
     });
     if (!validationResponse.ok) {
       throw new Error(
-        `Failed to validate TMDB authorisation, ensure you have set a valid access token or API key: ${validationResponse.statusText}`
+        `Got HTTP error during validation, ensure a valid access token or API key was set: ${validationResponse.status} - ${validationResponse.statusText}`
       );
     }
     const validationData = (await validationResponse.json()) as {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/config.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/config.ts
index 07dd389f..2652d1de 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,9 @@ export async function validateConfig(
       await tmdb.validateAuthorisation();
     } catch (error) {
       if (!options?.skipErrorsFromAddonsOrProxies) {
-        throw error;
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to validate TMDB API Key/Access Token: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`
+        );
       }
       logger.warn(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
     }